The Flow

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The Flow

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from the album SymbolSmallerBlue.png
Song details
Performer: Prince and the New Power Generation
First Released: 13 October 1992 - SymbolSmallerBlue.png album
Album(s): SymbolSmallerBlue.png
Writer(s): Prince and Tony M. (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)
Producer(s): Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

The Flow is the 13th track (12th song) on Prince's 14th album SymbolSmallerBlue.png, the second to be credited to Prince and the New Power Generation.

Tony M. began adding a rap which ended up being used in the track to The Future during later dates on the Nude Tour (beginning 5 August 1990, IJsstadion Thialf, Heerenveen, the Netherlands), but basic tracking only took place on 11 September 1990 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same session as Fancy Dancer, Horny Pony, Jughead and a reworked version of Something Funky (This House Comes)) within hours of returning to the USA from the Nude Tour in Japan. The track was included as the 13th and final track on the December 1990, configuration of the Diamonds And Pearls album, but was removed for later configurations. The track was re-recorded in early 1992 at Paisley Park Studios (during the same set of sessions that produced The Continental, Damn U, 3 Chains O' Gold, Born 2 B.R.E.E.D., With This Tear, Qualified and a revamped version of Sex). It was included as the 17th track (eleventh song) on a March 1992, configuration of the SymbolSmallerBlue.png album and the 17th track (twelfth song) on a late Summer 1992, configuration, before the album's segues were removed for release.

The 1990 version contained a chant of "Michael B. in the house", which was later reused on Daddy Pop; this isn't considered to be a sample or reference to this track, however. Also of note in the re-recording is that a lyric about "the brother" was changed to "the woman" to fit in with the female reporter storyline running throughout the SymbolSmallerBlue.png album.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
11 September 1990 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Basic tracking
Early 1992 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Re-recording
Recording Personnel

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Unreleased version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
The Flow 2:26 SymbolSmallerBlue.png album Studio


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
The Flow Studio 1990 version, intended for Diamonds And Pearls
The Flow Studio 1992 version, missing repeated "Minneapolis" spoken sample (taken from unreleased SymbolSmallerBlue.png album segue)
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • SymbolSmallerBlue.png album

References
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